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November the 13th, 2021 - The Croatian company Infobip, the country's first ever unicorn, now also has the largest number of shareholders. This Vodnjan-based company has gone from strength to strength and made truly remarkable progress, and it seems that isn't slowing down yet. As Novac/Bernard Ivezic writes, the Croatian company Infobip has moved one step closer to the stock market. It is no longer just the first Croatian unicorn and the largest domestic startup to date, but also the one with the most shareholders of all. Infobip has also now launched its own ESOP programme for all of its…

November the 13th, 2021 - Croatian GDP growth has been a topic on the lips of many ever since the coronavirus pandemic struck and caused untold and unprecedented negative trends on a global scale. Predictions and expectations have been shared by many and have been varied, but Brussels has some encouraging expectations indeed, with only two EU member states ahead of Croatia in this regard. As Ana Blaskovic/Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the European Commission's (EC) recent forecasts for economic developments for the Republic of Croatia have brought growth expectations closer to most local expectations. Brussels expects 8.1 percent Croatian GDP growth…

ZAGREB, 12 Nov 2021 - Croatian Health Minister Vili Beroš tweeted on Friday that in the last three days more than 50,000 citizens had received an initial dose of vaccination against coronavirus, and called on vaccine hesitant people to get immunised. In the last three days, more than 50,000 citizens have received a first dose. They are a part of the society of more than two million citizens who have made their decision on vaccination, based on scientific facts. I call on the hesitant to follow their example, he wrote on his Twitter profile. He also informed the general public about…

ZAGREB, 12 Nov 2021 - Croatian President Zoran Milanović travels to the Vatican on Monday for an official visit, during which he will have a private audience with Pope Francis, the President's Office announced in a press release on Friday. The President will be accompanied by his wife, Sanja Musić Milanović. Milanović is scheduled to meet with the Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and the Secretary for Relations with States within the Holy See's Secretariat of State, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher. He will visit the the Pontifical Croatian College of St Jerome, where he is due to…

ZAGREB, 12 Nov 2021- Croatia on Friday received two letters of formal notice from the European Commission as part of its regular package of infringement decisions, and one concerns waste disposal  while the other relates to the transposition of new EU-wide rules for VAT on e-commerce. Landfilling The Commission called on Croatia, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Slovakia to correctly apply the Landfill Directive and the Waste Framework Directive. The Landfill Directive sets standards for landfills to prevent adverse effects on human health, water, soil and air. Under this Directive, Member States must take measures to ensure that only waste that has…

ZAGREB, 12 Nov 2021  -  As many as 64% of respondents in Croatia support stricter government measures that will make people change their behaviour in an attempt to overcome climate crisis, according to a survey conducted by the European Investment Bank (EIB) in cooperation with the BVA pollster. The opinion polls show that 64% of the respondents in Croatia are in favour of "strict government measures imposing changes on people’s behaviour to fight climate change," while 70% of EU citizens and 73% of Britons are also in favour of such measures. Furthermore, 78% of Croatians welcome the adoption of a tax on products and…

ZAGREB, 12 Nov - The COVID-19 situation has continued to deteriorate in the European Union and is considered "very worrying" in ten countries, including Croatia, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECD) said on Friday, as quoted by the French news agency AFP. Of the 27 EU member states, the situation is very worrying in Belgium, Poland, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary and Slovenia, the ECDC said. The most favourable epidemiological situation is in Italy, Malta, Spain and Sweden, it added. Croatia remained "dark red" on the ECDC's latest COVID-19 map, released on Thursday.…

November 12, 2021 - Good news for the inhabitants of the Dalmatian town, as Makarska introduces free public transport towards the end of the year. Here are the routes. Organized by the City of Makarska, free public transport has started on the route Veliko Brdo - Makarska - Veliko Brdo as a pilot project, reports Slobodna Dalmacija. The test period will last until the end of the year and refers to the connections of the most remote local board with the city. Makarska Mayor Zoran Paunović was also on the first run. In this test period, transportation is free for all citizens who have a…

November 12, 2021 - At last night's 7th edition of the prestigious Travvy Awards 2021, held in Miami, the Croatian National Tourist Board was awarded a silver prize in the category of the best European tourist organization, while Croatia won bronze in the category of the best destination in the Mediterranean. As reported by HrTurizam.hr, Ina Rodin, director of the Croatian National Tourist Board in New York, took over these golden awards in the Miami Beach Convention Center, which are popularly and often called the Travel Oscar. "We are delighted that Croatia is still popular among the best ambassadors, travel agents, and their…

ZAGREB, 12 Nov - Ombudswoman Tena Šimonović Einwalter on Thursday called on the government and the national COVID-19 response team to urgently publish their decision on mandatory COVID certificates considering that it should go into force in a few days and that its text and details of its implementation are unknown. "The information is necessary to bodies and institutions so they can implement the decision, to their employees who must comply with it as well as to citizens whose many rights depend on their physical appearance at those places. The Ombudswoman has therefore recommended that the decision be urgently published, with complete…